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quota share owner survey, there are 

extensive instructions on handling these 

two topics, but reporting errors are 

extremely common. To facilitate 

accurate reporting of intercompany 

transfers, we will remove a column 

dedicated to transfer information from 

Question 19 and remove instructions 

about recording transfers in Question 

20. Then, all of the transfer-related 

information will be moved to a separate 

question/table. This change will make 

the survey instructions easier to 

understand, allow companies that do 

not have intercompany transfers to skip 

the question entirely, and will make it 

easier to detect and remedy mistakes. 

Similarly, there are extensive 

instructions on how to record inventory 

in Question 20 on the existing form, but 

no dedicated field for inventory. 

Instead, participants are currently 

instructed to add inventory to the other 

sales categories. We propose adding a 

new line for each species group to 

record the inventory volume and value. 

Similar to the changes to transfers in 

Question 19 and 20, the new structure 

of Question 20 clarifies how to complete 

the form and facilitates identifying and 

resolving errors. Finally, this change 

will provide new important information 

about inventory volumes across years, 

providing better information about the 

status of the processing sector to the 

Pacific Fishery Management Council. 

A common performance metric for 

fisheries programs is hourly wage 

payments to processing workers. In the 

current form, we request the total 

number of workers and total hours 

worked for the week that includes the 

12th of each month and total annual 

compensation payments. To calculate 

hourly wages, we must extrapolate to 

the total hours worked for the year. 

Through conversations with 

participants, it has become apparent 

that within-month employment can 

have high variability and our 

extrapolations are not always accurate. 

We propose requesting the equivalent 

compensation value for each of the oneweek windows to allow for a more 

accurate calculation of hourly wages. 

This additional field will also allow us 

to generate an estimate of within-month 

employment variability. 

Lastly, through conversations with 

first receivers and vessels, it is known 

that first receivers provide services to 

vessels such as bait, ice, loans, moorage, 

and storage. We plan to add a new 

category to capture whether those 

services are provided and whether the 

vessels are charged for those services. 

This information will help answer 

questions often posed by external 

reviewers when evaluating studies 

conducted using the data collected in 

these surveys. 

There are two proposed changes to 

the Catcher Vessel survey form. The first 

is to remove two questions. In 2018, at 

the request of participants in the trawl 

catch share program, two additional 

questions were added, Question 17: ‘‘Do 

you track capitalized expenditures and 

expenses on fishing gear by type (e.g., 

midwater trawl gear, groundfish bottom 

trawl gear)?’’ and Question 18: ‘‘Provide 

the 2021 total capitalized expenditures 

and expenses associated with each type 

of fishing gear used in West Coast 

Fisheries (Washington, Oregon, and 

California).’’ Since the implementation 

of the questions in 2018, there has only 

been one ‘‘Yes’’ out nearly 700 total 

responses to Question 17 and therefore 

no further information about gearspecific costs have been collected. 

Therefore, there will be no information 

loss associated with removal of these 

two questions and there may be a small 

reduction in total burden hours. 

The second proposed change to the 

Catcher vessel survey form also applies 

to the Catcher Processor and Mothership 

forms. This change adds a four-part 

question about vessel financing. The 

questions are whether there were any 

loans on the vessel, how much was still 

owed at the end of the fiscal year, total 

amount paid to interest, and total 

amount paid to principal. The purpose 

of this new question is to collect the 

necessary information to comply with 

recent NOAA fisheries guidance on 

calculation of net returns of fishing 

businesses. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: 50 CFR 660.114. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0648–0618. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26661 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket Number DARS–2023–0017; OMB 

Control Number 0704–0246] 

Information Collection Requirements; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; Part 245, 

Government Property 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System has submitted to 

OMB for clearance the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Duncan, 571–372–7574, or 

whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dodinformation-collections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) Part 245, 

Government Property, related clauses in 

DFARS 252, and related forms in 

DFARS 253; OMB Control Number 

0704–0246. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 


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Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Number of Respondents: 3,513. 

Annual Responses: 454,184. 

Annual Burden Hours: 47,659. 

Reporting Frequency: On Occasion. 

Needs and Uses: DoD has 

consolidated the information collection 

requirements for reporting Governmentfurnished property into a single clause 

at DFARS 252.245–70XX, Management 

and Reporting of Government Property. 

The clause implements an electronic 

process for the collection of required 

information for effective management 

and oversight of Government property. 

The consolidated clause does not 

impose any new information collection 

requirements; rather, it consolidates 

existing requirements in one location. 

As a result of the consolidation of 

Government-furnished property 

reporting requirements under DFARS 

252.245–70XX, two associated OMB 

Control Numbers will be discontinued, 

as the reporting requirements are now 

included in this revision for OMB 

Control Number 0704–0246. The OMB 

Control Numbers to be discontinued are 

0704–0398, DFARS Part 211, Describing 

Agency Needs and related clause at 

252.211; and 0704–0557, DFARS Part 

245, Use of the Government Property 

Clause for Repair of Governmentfurnished Property (GFP). 

The revised information collection 

includes the following: 

• DFARS clause 252.245–70XX, 

paragraph (b)(1), streamlines reporting 

of GFP requirements under the GFP 

module of the Procurement Integrated 

Enterprise Environment (PIEE) 

eBusiness platform. The paper form DD 

Form 1348–1A, Issue Release/Receipt 

Document, used when authorized by the 

plant clearance officer and outside the 

continental United States (OCONUS) for 

turn-ins to the Defense Logistics Agency 

disposal activities, is no longer 

necessary; the electronic equivalent data 

requirements are generated through the 

GFP Module of the PIEE. 

• DFARS clause 252.245–70XX, 

paragraph (k), provides procedures for 

disposal of scrap. The DD Form 1639, 

Scrap Warranty, is completed by 

individuals or firms that purchase 

Government property for its material 

content from a Government contractor. 

The DD Form 1639, addressed in 

252.245–70XX, paragraph (k)(2), is used 

for the sole purpose of having the 

purchasers warrant that the property 

they have purchased will be used only 

as scrap. 

• DFARS 252.245–70XX, paragraph 

(l), provides procedures for sale of 

surplus contractor inventory. 

• DFARS clause 252.245–7003, 

Contractor Property Management 

System Administration. This clause 

addresses the requirement for certain 

contractors to respond in writing to an 

initial or final determination from the 

administrative contracting officer that 

identifies deficiencies in the 

contractor’s property management 

system. This clause is not part of the 

252.245–70XX consolidation; however 

it continues to be covered under the 

OMB Control Number for this 

information collection. 

DoD uses this information for 

management and oversight of 

Government-furnished property. DFARS 

clause 252.245–70XX strengthens the 

accountability and end-to-end 

traceability of Government property 

within DoD. 

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela 

Duncan. Requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Duncan at whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

Jennifer D. Johnson, 

Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26626 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0203] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Work 

Colleges Expenditure Report 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing an 

extension without change of a currently 

approved information collection request 

(ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

5, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2023–SCC–0203. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

the Department will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please include the docket ID number 

and the title of the information 

collection request when requesting 

documents or submitting comments. 

Please note that comments submitted 

after the comment period will not be 

accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Manager of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Beth 

Grebeldinger, (202) 377–4018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the 

general public and Federal agencies 

with an opportunity to comment on 

proposed, revised, and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the public’s reporting burden. 

It also helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The 

Department is soliciting comments on 

the proposed information collection 

request (ICR) that is described below. 

The Department is especially interested 

in public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Work Colleges 

Expenditure Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0152. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

Sector. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 10. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 20. 


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